The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

The Fast and the Furious director Rob Cohen continues the tale set into motion by director Stephen Sommers with this globe-trotting adventure that finds explorer Rick O'Connell and son attempting to thwart a resurrected emperor's (Jet Li) plan to enslave the entire human race. It's been 2,000 years ...more

“I hate mummies; they never play fair.” Read that line a couple of times and let it settle into your frontal lobes. Better than a valium, no? The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor is a movie in which story does not unfold or even exist. Facts are doled out on a need to know basis to string together meaningless and derivative CGI action scenes. And that’s just when you’re lucky. Most of the time, you must accept story elements that come without an ounce of logic or precedence. Like the fact that ...more

The lighthearted, FX-laden Mummy franchise continues in this flawed yet breezy installment that stays true to the series' mix of humor, expensive eye candy, and wild action spectacle. Much is new in this third outing, as can be seen in its locale (China), its villain (Jet Li), as well as a 20-year old grown-up son character (Luke Ford) and two new leading ladies (Maria Bello and Michelle Yeoh) -- never mind a different helmer at the wheel (Rob Cohen). The changes affect the film dramatically, ...more